Little boy blue
how our family loved you,
we lived for you,
baby blue.
You thrived
before the meningitis virus
entered your brain
before nothing was the same
again.

I sang to you
as the doctors
began their prodding
& their piercing.
You turned your head,
just the once,
heard my voice
and met my gaze.
I will carry that
to my grave.

Everyday
for thirty-five years,
I’ve remembered you.
While your siblings
fly the nest,
return
to go away
again,
you remain
in the eternal
present with me &
your loving mummy.

We love you baby blue. 

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